Northern Clay Center Camps and Clay for Youth & Families
Northern Clay Center, 2424 Franklin Avenue East, Minneapolis, MN 55406
About
Northern Clay Center Camps and Clay for Youth & Families offers summer camps, a weekly Teen Boot Camp, one-day workshops for families, and wheel classes. Participants create cups, figures, and plates, often around themes such as potions, woodland creatures, and gifts. Each camp is led by a teaching artist, and on average one additional teaching assistant is present for each camp, in small, individualized class settings.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: New weeklong camps begin each Monday throughout the summer months; campers make new work Monday through Thursday and spend Friday glazing; 49 weeklong camps are offered.
• Price: Caregivers must provide supervision from noon to 1 pm for children registered in separate morning and afternoon camps or pay a $25.00 fee for Northern Clay Center to provide supervision during the lunch hour; a maximum of 50% of the tuition for any particular class or camp may be approved via scholarship; 100% of tuition (less a $25 processing fee) will be refunded if a parent or guardian drops or transfers a camp no later than 14 days before the first camp meeting; a $25 processing fee is charged if a student transfers from one camp to another; any purchases made through Northern Clay Center using Shop Pay Installments are non-refundable.
The program takes place in Teaching Studios on the west side of the Northern Clay Center building, which is wheelchair accessible and equipped with a wheelchair accessible potter’s wheel. Northern Clay Center’s hours are 10 am–5 pm, Tuesday–Sunday, with extended hours on Thursdays from 10 am–7 pm; office hours are 9 am–5:30 pm, Monday–Friday. Kids may get messy, so they are asked to wear appropriate clothing and footwear such as sneakers, and not open-toed shoes. For all camps, kids must bring a reusable bag, recommended canvas or nylon and roughly the size of a grocery bag, to hold finished projects; for wheel classes, a one-quart bucket and an old towel are suggested but not required. Caregivers must provide campers with lunch and a snack, label the bag with the child’s name, and supply lunches and snacks for children in full-day classes. Northern Clay Center does not provide daycare or supervision before or after camps, and the facility is not peanut-free.
Northern Clay Center opened in 1990. Its mission is to advance the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community, through education, exhibitions, and artist services. ClayToGo and ART@HAND programs bring expert teaching artists and hands-on clay experiences to schools, libraries, senior centers, and other community sites. Northern Clay Center has a small number of partial scholarships for children, awarded on a need basis, with scholarship funds allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis based on need until funds are depleted; no more than one scholarship per child is approved in a calendar year, and Northern Clay Center has reached capacity for 2026 clay camp scholarships. Signed interpretation is available for any camp upon request, and information in the brochure is available in large-print format upon request.
Last updated February 23, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: New weeklong camps begin each Monday throughout the summer months; campers make new work Monday through Thursday and spend Friday glazing; 49 weeklong camps are offered.
• Price: Caregivers must provide supervision from noon to 1 pm for children registered in separate morning and afternoon camps or pay a $25.00 fee for Northern Clay Center to provide supervision during the lunch hour; a maximum of 50% of the tuition for any particular class or camp may be approved via scholarship; 100% of tuition (less a $25 processing fee) will be refunded if a parent or guardian drops or transfers a camp no later than 14 days before the first camp meeting; a $25 processing fee is charged if a student transfers from one camp to another; any purchases made through Northern Clay Center using Shop Pay Installments are non-refundable.
The program takes place in Teaching Studios on the west side of the Northern Clay Center building, which is wheelchair accessible and equipped with a wheelchair accessible potter’s wheel. Northern Clay Center’s hours are 10 am–5 pm, Tuesday–Sunday, with extended hours on Thursdays from 10 am–7 pm; office hours are 9 am–5:30 pm, Monday–Friday. Kids may get messy, so they are asked to wear appropriate clothing and footwear such as sneakers, and not open-toed shoes. For all camps, kids must bring a reusable bag, recommended canvas or nylon and roughly the size of a grocery bag, to hold finished projects; for wheel classes, a one-quart bucket and an old towel are suggested but not required. Caregivers must provide campers with lunch and a snack, label the bag with the child’s name, and supply lunches and snacks for children in full-day classes. Northern Clay Center does not provide daycare or supervision before or after camps, and the facility is not peanut-free.
Northern Clay Center opened in 1990. Its mission is to advance the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community, through education, exhibitions, and artist services. ClayToGo and ART@HAND programs bring expert teaching artists and hands-on clay experiences to schools, libraries, senior centers, and other community sites. Northern Clay Center has a small number of partial scholarships for children, awarded on a need basis, with scholarship funds allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis based on need until funds are depleted; no more than one scholarship per child is approved in a calendar year, and Northern Clay Center has reached capacity for 2026 clay camp scholarships. Signed interpretation is available for any camp upon request, and information in the brochure is available in large-print format upon request.
Last updated February 23, 2026.
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